No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

Ideas come from everything

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think